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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11580
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14798
13 Actual Demand 11272
14 Aggregate Planning 12316
15 Air Cargo 10193
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6727
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34971
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15390
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19395
20 Assembly Line 22701
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23092
22 Average Speed of Answer 26634
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23295
24 Batch Production 38616
25 Bill Discounting 14661
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11342
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7228
28 Blanket Release 10108
29 Bonded Warehouse 10142
30 Booking Number 13932
31 Bottleneck 9636
32 Buffer Stock 59534
33 Build to Stock 13102
34 Bullwhip Effect 9778
35 Business Logistics 25928
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12652
37 Capacity Management 40903
38 Capacity Utilization 14219
39 Capital Intensive 8527
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8865
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12226
42 Certified Supplier 9032
43 Channel Effectiveness 9008
44 Co-Destiny 9386
45 Co-managed Inventory 12656
46 Co-Packers 11861
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6966
48 Computer-Based Training 7760
49 Consular Invoice 19943
50 Container Depot 10680
51 Container Freight Station 10337
52 Continuous Replenishment 19656
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12163
54 Contract Carrier 7365
55 Contract of Affreightment 11493
56 Control Charts 8030
57 Cost Flow 10363
58 Courier Service 15356
59 CPFR 8296
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11890
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44376
62 Date Code 18394
63 Days of Supply 19951
64 Dead on Arrival 9431
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7382
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8204
67 Detective Control 8992
68 Devanning 14301
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11058
70 Dispatching 24697
71 Distributed Inventory 8433
72 Distribution Channel Management 35015
73 Distribution Metrics 9252
74 Distribution Planning 24313
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15347
76 Double Marginalization 52918
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22498
78 Dual 5494
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20717
80 Echelon Inventory 26325
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38373
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50006
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7691
84 Efficient Frontier 25636
85 Engineer-to-Order 31894
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16682
87 Erlang B Formula 9425
88 ETD 8402
89 Ex Works 7894
90 Exception Rate 13607
91 Exponential smoothing 9898
92 External Growth 10174
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9601
94 Field Services 7796
95 Field Warehouse 10791
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8896
97 Fishbone Diagram 14701
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27229
99 Flow Through Distribution 12414
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8272
101 FOB Destination 13153
102 Forward buying 30342
103 Freight Charge 10489
104 Freight Consolidation 7595
105 Gantt Chart 8350
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11836
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29707
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12780
109 Hub 23564
110 Idle Time 8142
 
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